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You know how much the consumer price of electricity has gone up in Germany? And I bet until last week the German "consumer" loved diesel powered cars (and the
by spacecowboy_lon 11y ago
You know how much the consumer price of electricity has gone up in Germany?
And I bet until last week the German "consumer" loved diesel powered cars (and the tax benefits) and ignored the down sides of targeting CO2 vs NOX
- DasIch 11y agoThe consumer price of electricity has gone up but that's a complex problem with many reasons behind it. Abandoning nuclear energy is not the only reason and probably one of the least important ones. Even if it were a reason, reversing again on this topic and not abandoning nuclear power would have no impact on prices by itself. New nuclear plants would have to be built which would take decades, even if you could find locations where such a plant would be tolerated.
- nmrm2 11y agoThe parent's comment is accruate on the only important point here -- Germans don't like nuclear power. The phase out of nuclear power isn't the result of a coalition trying to appease a radical fringe component. It's broadly reflective of public will in Germany. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-G-N/Germany/ http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries...